A limited preview of the China (Beijing) region was launched in early 2014. A select group of China-based and multinational companies with customers in China is currently being invited to begin using the Beijing region. Customers who wish to use AWS resources in China are required to create a 亚马逊 AWS Account, a set of credentials that are distinct and separate from other global AWS Accounts. Only customers with a 亚马逊 AWS Account will be able to use resources operated in the AWS China (Beijing) region.

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) users can only be created and managed in the US East (N. Virginia) or GovCloud regions. IAM users created in the US East region can be used to access AWS services in all regions except the GovCloud Region. IAM users created in the GovCloud region can only be used to access AWS services in the GovCloud region.

Users can configure OpsWorks instances to be launched in any AWS region except GovCloud and China (Beijing). OpsWorks itself runs in US East (N. Virginia) and provides access to all OpsWorks applications no matter where they are running.